Effects of Maternal Interpretation Biases on Child Anxiety and Related Responses

University of Houston

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Disorders

Treatments: Other: Positive Interpretation Bias Training; Other: Neutral Interpretation Bias Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02095340

2014-0035

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to expand our understanding of the intergenerational transmission of cognitive risk for childhood anxiety disorders by examining whether changes in maternal interpretations of situations result in changes in child interpretations and child anxiety.

Enrollment: 210 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children ages 8-12
• Children with primary diagnosis of anxiety disorder
• Mothers with clinical levels of anxiety symptoms on the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)

Exclusion criteria

• Physical disability impairing ability to use a computer
• Intelligence Quotient <80
• Reading comprehension and fluency composite <75
• Concurrent primary diagnosis of any non-anxiety disorder
• Currently receiving psychological or pharmacological treatment for anxiety
• Danger to self/others
• Non-English speaking child/parent
• Maternal current involvement in cognitive-behavioral therapy
• Maternal changes in pharmacological treatment in the 12 weeks prior to enrollment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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210 participants in 2 patient groups

Positive Training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Positive Interpretation Bias Training

Neutral Training

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Neutral Interpretation Bias Training